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Lilly´s Nordic manager on Mounjaro launch in Sweden: "Patients deserve respect"
Another blockbuster diabetes and obesity drug has made its way into the Swedish market – with promises of a stable supply and availability for patients. “What we see is a significant unmet need, so we are expecting to have quite a good welcoming in the market", says Daniel Lucas, Managing Director Nordic Countries at the American pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly.
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”The importance of stratification in a statistician’s August kitchen”
Ingrid Lönnstedt writes about an experiment of her own at home and about what lessons can be learned from it, in a science column.
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A new life science cluster formed – “We are pretty much on par with Medicon Valley”
Stockholm and Uppsala’s joint life science cluster aims to be among the best in Europe. Pontus Holm, Life Science Coordinator for Region Stockholm, says the decision to create a joint profile for the two cities is strongly supported. He mentions that around 50 stakeholders were asked last winter if they were in favour of a joint cluster and that “the answer was a resounding yes”.
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Her company is developing a new tablet form obesity drug
Obesity and diabetes are the primary targets of a new tablet treatment under development by Malmö-based Pila Pharma. The company’s ambition is to take on the billion-selling GLP1 analogues. ‘‘Basically, I expect all the beneficial effects that they have, but not the same side effect profile,’’ company founder Dorte X Gram said in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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Stockholm and Uppsala jointly form a life science cluster
Stockholm and Uppsala are strengthening cooperation in medical research and biotech.
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Sectra får kanadensisk miljardorder
Det Linköpingsbaserade medtechbolaget Sectra ska förse alla offentliga sjukhus i provinsen Québec i Kanada med sin helhetslösning för medicinsk bildhantering. Ordervärdet är 405,5 miljoner kanadensiska dollar, motsvarande drygt 3 miljarder kronor.
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An increasing number of people are falling ill with TBE – “Much more research is needed”
Tick-borne meningitis, or TBE, is an increasingly common disease in Sweden. Currently, there is a vaccine against the disease but no drugs. Researcher Anna Överby Wernstedt is studying the processes that occur in the brain during a TBE infection and hopes to contribute to developing a treatment.
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From lab to patient – the art of developing new antibody therapies
For 25 years, Danish company Genmab has been developing antibodies and has managed to get several drugs all the way to the patient. Esther Breij has been along for much of the journey and has experienced setbacks, but also huge discoveries. “It’s amazing when you succeed,” she says.
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“We should avoid surgery if we can”
Since February this year, she has been Scientific Director Life Science at the Karolinska Institutet. Life Science Sweden met Anna Martling for a talk about role models, surgery and Sweden’s strengths and weaknesses in medical research.
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What will be the next big hype after obesity? – An expert panel highlighted their top picks
What will be the next big trend in life science? Everything from Alzheimer’s, Crispr and Omics were highlighted when the issue was debated at this year’s major life science event in Lund.
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Ingrid Lönnstedt: ”The confidence interval and its width”
Always keep an eye on the width of your and others’ confidence intervals, writes Ingrid Lönnstedt in a science column.
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MSD discontinues two Keytruda trials
MSD has stopped two late-stage trials that tested its blockbuster immunotherapy Keytruda as a treatment for skin and lung cancer.
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Anna Törner: Yes, I Am Sick, But Not Weak
”People often say that someone who is ill only has one wish—to get better. But I think that is not true. Someone who is ill also longs to be understood, to be respected, to not have their identity overshadowed by their condition”, writes Anna Törner
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Thumbs down for lecanemab in the EU – “Very surprised”
The Azheimer's drug lecanemab has received a negative assessment from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), according to an announcement made by the Agency last week. Bioarctic’s CEO Gunilla Osswald describes the reactions after the announcement as a surprise and disappointment.
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Gothenburg, the city of life science – We are ‘Little Boston’
Western Sweden is investing in life science within everything from advanced therapeutic drugs to femtech. At the same time, stakeholders are looking to other industries for inspiration and knowledge.
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Nobel Prize winner Torsten Wiesel turns 100: “Old men like me should use their experience to help the young”
In 1955, a young Torsten Wiesel jumped on a boat to the US and embarked on a fabulous career as a neuroscientist, crowned with a Nobel Prize for his work. Now 100 years old, he looks back on an intense life and his upbringing in Stockholm, Sweden, which shaped his desire to help the vulnerable in society.
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Innovative start-up helps doctors, scientists and industry balance coagulation risks
For many doctors caring for seriously ill patients, for example, in stroke units and cancer wards, maintaining the life-saving balance between bleeding and thrombosis is an ongoing challenge. In the late 1980s, scientists at Maastricht University in the Netherlands developed an innovative method, the thrombin generation assay (TGA), which provides a complete overview of a physiological process crucial for maintaining normal haemostasis.
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“Conducting research at universities is becoming more and more like working at a research hotel”
The government wants Swedish research to focus on excellence and innovation, but can the two be combined? Life Science Sweden talks to Anna Falk, a professor at Lund University, about research policy, the constant hunt for funding in academia and what constitutes ‘fine research’.
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Ny finansiering ska ta Linköpingsbolagets sensorsystem vidare
Linköpingsbolaget Argus Eye, som utvecklar sensorsystem för biologiska läkemedel, har tagit in 32,5 miljoner kronor i en finansieringsrunda.
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Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed
Award-winning cancer researcher, the founder of many listed companies, and constantly in the academic and commercial spotlight for decades. However, Carl Borrebaeck, Professor of Immunotechnology at Lund, is not yet satisfied. “We have a new, potentially super exciting project in the pipeline,” he says.
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Japanese pharma to buy US drugmaker for $2.4 bln
Japanese Ono Pharmaceutical buys the American cancer drug developer Deciphera Pharmaceuticals in one of the largest acquisitions in the industry so far this year.
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Ancient DNA provides new insights – “The immune system lost its job”
Ancient bone remains from our ancestors have provided new insights into the prevalence of multiple sclerosis. By looking back in time, researchers can provide a possible explanation for why the disease is more prevalent in northern Europe.
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KI’s freezer fiasco investigated: A chain of failures
A chain of combined technical and organisational shortcomings caused the freezer breakdown at the Karolinska Institute during the Christmas holidays, destroying more than 47,000 samples. This was the conclusion of an internal investigation.
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Nocebo – the evil twin that makes you feel worse
The placebo effect is well known in healthcare, but not so its opposite: nocebo. “The effect is small, but it can have major repercussions,” says Uppsala researcher Charlotte Blease, co-author of a book on the phenomenon.